Geological & Earth Sciences at Pacific Lutheran University

If you plan to study geological and earth sciences, take a look at what Pacific Lutheran University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and approximately 2,907 students attend the school each year. Of the 604 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Pacific Lutheran University in 2021, 12 of them were geological and earth sciences majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Geological & Earth Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

PLU Geological & Earth Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geology

PLU Geological & Earth Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks geology programs across the country. The following shows how PLU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The geology major at PLU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Geological & Earth Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	49

Geology Student Demographics at PLU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the geology majors at Pacific Lutheran University.

PLU Geological & Earth Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in geology from PLU. About 42% were men and 58% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in geology at PLU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pacific Lutheran University with a bachelor's in geology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

PLU also has a doctoral program available in geology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physics
• Chemistry

Careers That Geology Grads May Go Into

A degree in geology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for WA, the home state for Pacific Lutheran University.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Natural Sciences Managers	1,810	$153,600
Geoscientists	880	$93,710
Chemistry Professors	570	$72,320
Hydrologists	380	$88,370
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Professors	370	$95,530

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.